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Chennai-based health tech startup LifeSigns has announced the launch of its pioneering technology solution, which will transform access and affordability of timely healthcare to India’s most remote rural areas. LifeSigns’ solution for the first time, provides 24x7 real-time, uninterrupted streaming of patient data to doctors and healthcare professionals, whether the patient is at home, in the ambulance or at the hospital. The company will now deploy remote patient monitoring solutions in 1000 rural and tier III cities across India, in the next 1000 days.
LifeSigns has also announced a strategic partnership with RailTel Corporation, a leading provider of optic fiber network services. LifeSigns will leverage RailTel’s optic fiber cable network spanning more than 62,000 km to provide enhanced connectivity across rural India, enabling remote monitoring of patients.
Speaking on the occasion, Hari Subramanian, Founder & CEO, LifeSigns said, “Our technology solution is powered by an advanced alert algorithm to function effectively in India’s most remote rural corners, without missing even a single heartbeat of a patient, and this is what makes it unique. We trust that this is another step forward in our mission to ensure equitable healthcare access.”
Speaking on the partnership with RailTel he added, “The partnership will enable us to immediately leverage RailTel’s extensive optic fiber networks to be able to implement the solution in rural areas and tier 3 cities."
